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67-year old Rita was Congress MLA from Lucknow Cantonment area and formally joined the BJP in presence of BJP party president Amit Shah in Delhi.

In the past few days, many had claimed that Joshi felt sidelined after Raj Babbar was named the state chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was named as party’s chief ministerial candidate.

Since her moving to BJP, many congress leaders have come forward and criticized her while BJP leaders have come in her support.